Interstate relations between the Russian Empire and China in the second half of the 19th century

Abstract

This scientific article examines the interstate relations between Russia and
China in the second half of the 19th century, since it was during this period that major changes
in the system of Russian-Chinese relations began to occur. The international situation in the far
East contributed to Russia›s further rapprochement with China and to solving the accumulated
problems in relations between States. Both States found themselves at war with England
and France, the powers that played the most active role in East Asia in the mid – nineteenth
century. This was the reason for the activation of Russia›s policy in the far East, in particular,
contributed to the resolution of issues related to the borders between the States-Russia and China.